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Table 55. Number and percent of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, State Operated Programs, by age group and state: 1990-91, 1998-99 to 2000-01

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                      |             Birth to age 21                                           |          Ages birth to 5
                      |_______________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________
                      |          |          |          |           |  Disabled   |  Percent   |        |        |         |
                      |          |          |          |           |students as  |  change,   |        |        |         |
                      |          |          |          |           |a percent of |birth to 21,|        |        |         |
        State         | 1990-91  | 1998-99  |1999-2000 |  2000-01  |public school|  1990-91   |1990-91 |1998-99 |1999-2000| 2000-01
                      |          |          |          |           | enrollment, | to 2000-01 |        |        |         |
                      |          |          |          |           | 2000-01\1\  |            |        |        |         |
______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |      6      |     7      |   8    |   9    |   10    |   11
______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________
  United States.......|4,760,999 |6,054,266 |6,189,728 | 6,292,930 |        13.3 |       32.2 |440,661 |567,636 | 581,998 | 592,025
                      |__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________
Alabama ..............|   94,945 |   99,813 |   99,733 |    99,828 |        13.5 |        5.1 |  7,498 |  7,499 |   7,316 |   7,554
Alaska ...............|   14,745 |   17,712 |   17,495 |    17,691 |        13.3 |       20.0 |  1,813 |  1,754 |   1,633 |   1,637
Arizona ..............|   57,235 |   88,598 |   93,333 |    96,442 |        11.0 |       68.5 |  4,936 |  8,876 |   9,076 |   9,144
Arkansas .............|   47,835 |   59,110 |   60,864 |    62,222 |        13.8 |       30.1 |  5,274 |  8,677 |   9,031 |   9,376
California ...........|  469,282 |  623,651 |  640,815 |   645,287 |        10.5 |       37.5 | 40,489 | 56,837 |  58,491 |  57,651
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Colorado .............|   57,102 |   75,037 |   76,858 |    78,806 |        10.9 |       38.0 |  4,894 |  7,809 |   8,059 |   8,209
Connecticut ..........|   64,562 |   76,740 |   74,722 |    73,886 |        13.1 |       14.4 |  6,142 |  7,443 |   7,275 |   7,172
Delaware .............|   14,294 |   16,233 |   16,287 |    16,760 |        14.6 |       17.3 |  1,579 |  1,664 |   1,641 |   1,652
District of Columbia .|    6,290 |    8,162 |    9,348 |    10,559 |        15.3 |       67.9 |    411 |    409 |     560 |     374
Florida ..............|  236,013 |  345,171 |  356,198 |   367,335 |        15.1 |       55.6 | 16,387 | 28,233 |  29,363 |  30,660
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Georgia ..............|  101,997 |  155,754 |  164,374 |   171,292 |        11.9 |       67.9 |  7,333 | 15,134 |  15,922 |  16,560
Hawaii ...............|   13,169 |   20,551 |   22,964 |    23,951 |        13.0 |       81.9 |  1,273 |  1,646 |   1,860 |   1,919
Idaho ................|   22,017 |   27,553 |   29,112 |    29,174 |        11.9 |       32.5 |  3,129 |  3,466 |   3,626 |   3,591
Illinois .............|  239,185 |  281,137 |  287,475 |   297,316 |        14.5 |       24.3 | 26,122 | 27,220 |  27,689 |  28,787
Indiana ..............|  114,643 |  146,559 |  151,599 |   156,320 |        15.8 |       36.4 |  8,937 | 13,778 |  14,499 |  15,101
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Iowa .................|   60,695 |   70,958 |   71,970 |    72,461 |        14.6 |       19.4 |  6,329 |  5,577 |   5,599 |   5,580
Kansas ...............|   45,212 |   58,425 |   60,036 |    61,267 |        13.0 |       35.5 |  4,308 |  6,933 |   7,334 |   7,728
Kentucky .............|   79,421 |   87,973 |   91,521 |    94,572 |        14.2 |       19.1 | 11,008 | 15,161 |  15,897 |  16,372
Louisiana ............|   73,663 |   95,245 |   96,632 |    97,938 |        13.2 |       33.0 |  7,541 |  9,495 |   9,671 |   9,957
Maine ................|   27,987 |   34,294 |   35,139 |    35,633 |        17.2 |       27.3 |  2,895 |  3,690 |   3,954 |   3,978
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Maryland .............|   91,263 |  111,688 |  111,711 |   112,077 |        13.1 |       22.8 | 10,409 |  9,714 |   9,750 |  10,003
Massachusetts ........|  154,616 |  168,964 |  165,013 |   162,216 |        16.6 |        4.9 | 17,014 | 15,382 |  14,568 |  14,328
Michigan .............|  166,927 |  208,403 |  213,585 |   221,456 |        12.7 |       32.7 | 14,963 | 18,983 |  19,236 |  19,937
Minnesota ............|   80,896 |  106,164 |  107,898 |   109,955 |        12.9 |       35.9 | 10,529 | 11,327 |  11,367 |  11,523
Mississippi ..........|   60,934 |   61,719 |   62,359 |    62,281 |        12.5 |        2.2 |  5,704 |  6,035 |   6,812 |   6,944
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Missouri .............|  101,955 |  131,565 |  134,950 |   137,381 |        15.1 |       34.7 |  4,889 |  9,698 |  10,683 |  11,307
Montana ..............|   17,138 |   18,797 |   19,039 |    19,129 |        12.4 |       11.6 |  1,934 |  1,688 |   1,614 |   1,607
Nebraska .............|   32,761 |   43,400 |   42,577 |    42,793 |        15.0 |       30.6 |  2,961 |  3,656 |   3,707 |   3,724
Nevada ...............|   18,440 |   33,319 |   35,703 |    38,160 |        11.2 |      106.9 |  1,742 |  3,531 |   3,664 |   3,676
New Hampshire ........|   19,658 |   27,502 |   28,597 |    30,077 |        14.4 |       53.0 |  2,077 |  2,190 |   2,193 |   2,387
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
New Jersey ...........|  181,319 |  210,114 |  214,330 |   221,715 |        17.0 |       22.3 | 17,190 | 15,998 |  16,058 |  16,361
New Mexico ...........|   36,037 |   52,113 |   52,346 |    52,256 |        16.3 |       45.0 |  2,247 |  5,133 |   5,115 |   4,970
New York .............|  307,458 |  432,320 |  434,347 |   438,465 |        15.2 |       42.6 | 26,353 | 50,677 |  50,140 |  51,623
North Carolina .......|  123,126 |  165,333 |  173,067 |   173,067 |        13.4 |       40.6 | 10,700 | 16,880 |  17,361 |  17,361
North Dakota .........|   12,504 |   13,181 |   13,612 |    13,652 |        12.5 |        9.2 |  1,374 |  1,197 |   1,283 |   1,247
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Ohio .................|  205,440 |  230,155 |  236,200 |   237,643 |        13.0 |       15.7 | 12,487 | 18,572 |  19,341 |  18,664
Oklahoma .............|   65,653 |   80,289 |   83,149 |    85,577 |        13.7 |       30.3 |  5,359 |  5,805 |   6,077 |   6,393
Oregon ...............|   55,149 |   69,885 |   73,531 |    75,204 |        13.8 |       36.4 |  3,581 |  6,128 |   6,387 |   6,926
Pennsylvania .........|  219,428 |  227,771 |  233,273 |   242,655 |        13.4 |       10.6 | 23,156 | 19,920 |  21,161 |  21,477
Rhode Island .........|   21,076 |   27,911 |   29,895 |    30,727 |        19.5 |       45.8 |  2,112 |  2,510 |   2,651 |   2,614
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
South Carolina .......|   77,765 |   99,033 |  103,153 |   105,922 |        15.6 |       36.2 |  8,346 | 10,937 |  11,352 |  11,775
South Dakota .........|   14,987 |   15,702 |   16,246 |    16,825 |        13.1 |       12.3 |  2,366 |  2,164 |   2,267 |   2,286
Tennessee ............|  104,898 |  128,185 |  126,732 |   125,863 |        13.8 |       20.0 |  7,536 | 10,291 |  10,690 |  10,699
Texas ................|  350,636 |  486,749 |  493,850 |   491,642 |        12.1 |       40.2 | 30,955 | 34,846 |  36,079 |  36,442
Utah .................|   47,747 |   55,164 |   54,957 |    53,921 |        11.2 |       12.9 |  4,565 |  5,710 |   5,899 |   5,785
                      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
Vermont ..............|   12,263 |   12,709 |   14,073 |    13,623 |        13.3 |       11.1 |  1,200 |  1,226 |   1,391 |   1,237
Virginia .............|  113,971 |  153,716 |  157,995 |   162,212 |        14.2 |       42.3 | 11,791 | 13,713 |  14,023 |  14,444
Washington ...........|   85,395 |  114,144 |  116,235 |   118,851 |        11.8 |       39.2 | 11,409 | 11,799 |  11,623 |  11,760
West Virginia ........|   43,135 |   49,934 |   50,314 |    50,333 |        17.6 |       16.7 |  3,630 |  5,301 |   5,409 |   5,445
Wisconsin ............|   86,930 |  116,328 |  121,209 |   125,358 |        14.3 |       44.2 | 12,213 | 13,708 |  13,934 |  14,383
Wyoming ..............|   11,202 |   13,333 |   13,307 |    13,154 |        14.6 |       17.4 |  1,571 |  1,616 |   1,667 |   1,695
                      |__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________
Bureau of Indian      |          |          |          |           |             |            |        |        |         |
  Affairs ............|    6,997 |      --- |   12,913 |     8,448 |        18.0 |       20.7 |  1,092 |   ---- |     386 |     338
                      |==========|==========|==========|===========|=============|============|========|========|=========|=========
  Outlying areas .....|   39,445 |   59,174 |   63,981 |    70,599 |        10.2 |       79.0 |  3,937 |  6,009 |   6,750 |   8,164
                      |__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________
American Samoa .......|      363 |      584 |      703 |       697 |         4.4 |       92.0 |     48 |     58 |      55 |      48
Guam .................|    1,750 |    2,075 |    2,230 |     2,267 |         7.0 |       29.5 |    198 |    156 |     195 |     205
Northern Marianas ....|      411 |      474 |      568 |       569 |         5.7 |       38.4 |    211 |     51 |      48 |      53
Palau ................|      459 |      112 |      123 |       131 |         --- |      -71.5 |     45 |      5 |      11 |      10
Puerto Rico ..........|   35,129 |   54,158 |   58,740 |    65,504 |        10.7 |       86.5 |  3,345 |  5,559 |   6,274 |   7,746
Virgin Islands .......|    1,333 |    1,771 |    1,617 |     1,431 |         7.4 |        7.4 |     90 |    180 |     167 |     102
______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|________|________|_________|_________

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\1\Percent of students that are disabled is based on the enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade.

NOTE: Prior to 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA, Part B, and Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In October 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act in which funding for children and youth with disabilities was consolidated under (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for years prior to 1994 include children served under Chapter 1. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2002.)


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